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...master’s in mathematics. Mosteller later went on to receive his doctorate in mathematics from Princeton University.During his sophomore year at CMU, Mosteller encountered a question in one of his classes that would propel him towards a career in statistics—when three dice are rolled, what is the chance that the sum of the faces will be 10?Though all the students in the class got the correct answer by counting on fingers, Mosteller wondered how the problem could be solved for more dice than one could keep track of on their hands. Professor Olds later...

Author: By Marie C. Kodama, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Statistics Dep’t Founder Dead at 89 | 8/11/2006 | See Source »

...often made himself and his weaknesses the subject of his comedy. His material wasn't mean. To compare him to two later comics, one good, one awful, Lenny didn't play the angry old man, like Carlin, fuming at everybody's idiocy, or the stud-bully, like Andrew Dice Clay, spuming a bully's polluted derision. In the 1959 interview, Krassner asked, "Do you think there's any sadism in your comedy?", and Lenny recoiled. "What a horrible thought. If there is any sadism in my work, I hope I ? well, if there is, I wish someone would whip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Tribute to Lenny Bruce | 8/10/2006 | See Source »

...time, I was just a really optimistic person,” she says. “You roll some dice and hope something will happen, even for an immigrant from Mexico...

Author: By Javier C. Hernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: For Student Immigrants, A Secret Life | 6/7/2006 | See Source »

...Random testing of dice has been in place only this past year, and thus far Gilmore has evaded scrutiny - although, conspiracy theorists assert, ACPCO may also be tampering with the supposed randomness of the testing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Magic 714 | 5/23/2006 | See Source »

...Game Show Network reality show, Gilmore on Gilmore, the star has adamantly denied allegations of using the banned dice known as "The One" and "The Six." "X-ray my dice anytime," he challenges. "It's just natural talent, baby. I roll as steady as a ride on the Reading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Magic 714 | 5/23/2006 | See Source »

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